Topic: Social and Behavioral Sciences

Rome to display ancient Greek silverware

Ancient Greek artifacts go on display in Rome after being returned by the MetA collection of ancient Greek silverware dating to the third century B.C. is going on display in Rome after being returned by the Metropolitan Museum in New York, officials said Friday. The 16 pieces of silverware ...
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Smithsonian Human Evolution

Smithsonian Human Evolution
The David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins exhibit is seen at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Copyright 2010  AP News
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Hobbit ancestors once colonized Indonesia island

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ancestors of a hobbit-like species of humans may have colonized the Indonesian island of Flores as far back as a million years ago, much earlier than thought, according to a new study published Thursday. These early ancestors, or hominins, were previously thought to have arrived on the ...
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Wrong religion: Israeli ruins re-identified

Galilee ruins, thought to be synagogue, now believed to be palace of Muslim caliphsIsraeli archaeologists have announced that ruins long thought to be of an ancient synagogue are actually the remains of a palace built by Arab caliphs 1,300 years ago. The site, on the banks of the Sea ...
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